For the last two decades, the prevailing view in human evolutionary genetics has been that Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa ... and other regions during this period, making them potential ...

This was many millions of years before the first modern humans, Homo sapiens, appeared. Scientists divide the Mesozoic Era into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. During this era, ...

The evolutionary path leading to the rise of modern humans is full of twists and turns, and the latest surprise reveals that our species likely sprung forth from two ancient intermingling populations.